insinuate

/ɪnsˈɪnjuːˌe‍ɪt/

/ˌɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/

to insinuate

MAIN VERB

give to understand

synonyms : adumbrate

to gradually move oneself or a thing into a particular place or position by elusive manipulation

to make an implicit suggestion that something is true or is the case

Examples

1. The police can insinuate all they want, but they know they have nothing on me.

2. To my mind, these stories insinuate a plague of blindness.

3. Insinuating the train, man.

4. Because it insinuates a challenge.